Gee’s Bend quilters to hold program Thursday

Staff report

Published: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 11:37 p.m.

Three quilters from the Gee’s Bend community on Thursday will sing, demonstrate hand-sewing quilt patterns and narrate accounts of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to the Wilcox County community in the 1960s.

The program will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum,

The program coincides with the museum’s exhibit that documents King’s influence on neighboring Selma, “Selma to Montgomery: The March for the Right to Vote.” In the 1960s, the city of Camden shut down the ferry to discourage residents from voting for equality after King visited Gee’s Bend.

<p>Three quilters from the Gee's Bend community on Thursday will sing, demonstrate hand-sewing quilt patterns and narrate accounts of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit to the Wilcox County community in the 1960s.</p><p>The program will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, </p><p>The program coincides with the museum's exhibit that documents King's influence on neighboring Selma, “Selma to Montgomery: The March for the Right to Vote.” In the 1960s, the city of Camden shut down the ferry to discourage residents from voting for equality after King visited Gee's Bend.</p>